Diana Merriweather

Infobox Person
name = Diana Merriweather Ashby


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birth_date = Birth date|1963|3|22|mf=y
birth_place = California, U.S.
death_date = Death date and age|1997|5|2|1963|3|22|mf=y
death_place =
other_names =
known_for = Founder of the Melanoma Research Foundation
occupation =
nationality = American
spouse = Jeffrey Ashby

Diana Christine Merriweather Ashby (March 22, 1963 – May 2, 1997) was an American cancer activist and founder of the Melanoma Research Foundation. [ [http://www.melanoma.org/HistoryofMRF.aspx History of The Melanoma Research Foundation] . Melanoma Research Foundation. Retrieved on 29 September 2008.] Diana Ashby died on May 2, 1997. [ [http://www.melanoma.org/mempages/ashby/index.html Diana Merriweather biography] . Melanoma Research Foundation. Retrieved on 29 September 2008.] She was married to NASA Astronaut Jeffrey S. Ashby (Captain, USN, Ret.), [ [http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=NJ&p_theme=nj&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB521B58687EB8F&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM "ASTRONAUT ASHBY HAS SPECIAL MISSION"] , "Daytona News Journal", Newsbank (July 29, 1999), pp. 04A. Retrieved on 29 September 2008.] sister of American painter Allison Lee Merriweather, and great granddaughter of American Painter, Florence Cornish (1899–1983).

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External links

* [http://www.melanoma.org/mempages/ashby/index.html Diana Ashby Memorial Page]